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  December 29, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Announces Landmark Achievement with Full Implementation of Positive Train ControlWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that positive train control (PTC) technology is in operation on all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles, prior to the...
          December 29, 2020FRA Announces Landmark Achievement with Full Implementation of Positive Train ControlWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that positive train control (PTC) technology is in operation on all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles, prior to the...
          December 15, 2020FRA Publishes Final Rule for State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action PlansWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a final rule requiring 40 states and the District of Columbia to develop and implement highway-rail grade crossing action plans to improve public...
          December 11, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Modernizes Brake Safety StandardsThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a final rule, extending the amount of time freight rail equipment can be left off-air (meaning parked with its air brake system depressurized) before requiring...
          November 18, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Publishes Railroads’ Third Quarter 2020 Positive Train Control Implementation Status UpdatesPTC systems governing operations on 99.6% of all 57,537 PTC-mandated route miles
          November 16, 2020FRA Publishes Final Rule Establishing Metrics and a Minimum Standard to Measure the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger RailU.S Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 www.transportation.gov/briefingroom News

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          October 28, 2020U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $291 Million in ‘State of Good Repair’ Grants to Improve the Reliability and Safety of America’s Rail NetworkWASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced an investment of more than $291 million in grants for 11 intercity passenger rail projects in nine states through the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program...
          October 6, 2020U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Launches Stop. Trains Can’t. Awareness Campaign to Save Lives at Railroad Grade Crossings$6.6 million nationwide campaign runs through November 8
          September 28, 2020U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Over $1.2 Million for Capital Improvements in AlaskaU.S Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 www.transportation.gov/briefingroom News

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA...
          September 28, 2020U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Over $5.6 Million for Rail Capital Projects in South DakotaWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected five projects in two states to receive more than $6.9 million in Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) Grants made available by the...

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